David French, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in Political Economy from Harvard University and has held a variety of jobs, from disc jockey to university professor. He has lived and worked in Eritrea, Pakistan, Malawi, Nigeria and Angola (where everything is definitely bad for you). He has written for publications such as World Development, New York Times Magazine, the Natural Resources Forum and published Working Communally: Patterns and Possibilities. He currently lives in Dublin, Ireland.